
James Ducker
James has been the Telegraph’s Northern Football Correspondent, based in Manchester, since 2016. He was previously at The Times in a similar role for 11 years. A former Press Gazette Young Journalist of the Year, he has been nominated for Football Journalist of the Year on four occasions and has covered five World Cups and four Euros. He can be contacted at james.ducker@telegraph.co.uk and @TelegraphDucker

Watch: Bizarre moment Idrissa Gueye sent off after slapping Everton team-mate Michael Keane
David Moyes ‘quite pleased they were fighting each other because it showed me that they cared’

Pep Guardiola ‘embarrassed and ashamed’ over clash with cameraman
City manager, who has a history of exchanges with opposition players at the end of matches, concedes he behaved poorly at Newcastle

Steel City is riven with football worry, but Sheffield United looking up after derby win
Chris Wilder led the celebrations after two goals from Tyrese Campbell compounded Wednesday’s woes

Scotland have Jose Mourinho to thank for Scott McTominay saying no to England
Midfielder has not looked back since leaving Old Trafford as his career continues to hit new heights for club and country

The four ways Ruben Amorim can fix Man Utd’s attack in Benjamin Sesko’s absence
Slovenian forward sidelined for a month after sustaining knee injury in 2-2 draw with Tottenham

Man Utd to ban staff posting behind-the-scenes content on social media
Exclusive: Crackdown launched to stop unapproved ‘self-promotional’ material from within the club being shared online

Ruben Amorim’s year at Manchester United: Tears, breaking a TV and nearly quitting
To say manager’s first 12 months in charge have been tumultuous would be an understatement, but there are signs club are turning a corner

We spent the day with Sunday league team full of former Premier League players
Papiss Cisse showed South Liverpool little mercy in scoring seven goals for Wythenshawe Vets, who can field a team of galacticos every week

Jeremy Doku delivers one of the great one-man shows to tear Conor Bradley apart
Belgium winger’s dribbling wizardry gives Liverpool’s highly rated young right-back an old-fashioned roasting in thumping victory

Liverpool out of title race and ‘in crisis’, says Roy Keane
Micah Richards attacks performance of Florian Wirtz in 3-0 defeat at City while Arne Slot fumes at ‘wrong decision’ to disallow equaliser

After 1,000 games, it’s the Klopp rivalry Guardiola misses most
In 999 matches, Manchester City manager has earned 715 victories and claimed a staggering 40 trophies across an 18-year period

Dion Dublin interview: I lived with Jason Statham above a pub – the stories I can tell you...
It has been a life less ordinary for the former Man Utd and Coventry striker who is now a household name as host of Homes Under the Hammer

Leny Yoro interview: Manchester United cannot build something with bad characters
French defender on becoming a key part of Ruben Amorim’s team evolution, snubbing Real Madrid... and not being named after Lenny Kravitz

Pep Guardiola may hate it but his ‘big squad’ can revive Man City
Manager can rely on a larger squad than in previous seasons and he appears more comfortable with this position than in the past



Omar Marmoush and Mohamed Salah at centre of potential club vs country battle
Egypt’s head coach wants City and Liverpool forwards to play in a pre-Africa Cup of Nations friendly on December 14

Arne Slot: I have full backing of Liverpool board
Dutch manager also dismisses concerns about the team’s style of play following dire run of six defeats in seven games

Marcus Rashford: I want to stay at Barcelona
Loan deal could become a £26m permanent move from Manchester United next summer with forward enjoying the ‘new environment’

A day in Erling Haaland’s life: Drinking raw milk and eating steak with his hands
Manchester City forward reveals warm and funny human side behind his ice-cool on-pitch persona


